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Bisnis.comJAKARTA — China has denied espionage charges against various US critical infrastructure organizations, from telecommunications to transformation centers.

reported from Reuters On Thursday (5/25/2023), Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the hacking allegations were a collective disinformation campaign by the Five Eyes country.

Five Eyes itself refers to a group of countries that share intelligence information, consisting of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Mao said the campaign was launched by the United States for geopolitical reasons. Microsoft analysts’ report is seen as showing that the US government is expanding disinformation channels beyond government agencies.

“But whatever methods are used, none of this can change the fact that the United States is a hacking empire,” Mao explained.

Earlier, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft reported that a Chinese state-sponsored group had spied on various US critical infrastructure organizations, from telecommunications to transformation centers.

Although China and the United States regularly spy on each other, analysts say it is one of China’s biggest known cyber espionage campaigns against critical US infrastructure.

Microsoft analysts dubbed the Chinese spy group the “Volt Typhoon”. The group is suspected of developing capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and the Asian region.

Consistent with this statement, Secureworks Analyst, an arm of Dell Technologies, said the same when referring to tensions between China and the United States.

SecureWorks researcher Marc Burnard, who worked on some of the Typhoon Volt disruptions, said Chinese spies appear to primarily target US organizations vertically in defense and government, particularly for espionage purposes. .

Microsoft also said the group targeted critical infrastructure organizations in the US Pacific region.

“There is greater interest in this actor due to the geopolitical situation,” he explained.

The US National Security Agency (NSA) said it was working with partners including Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK, as well as the states’ Federal Bureau of Investigation. United to identify violations. Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand warn that they too can be targeted by hackers.

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